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Arby drank Blueberry Merlot by Tea Forte

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Wohoo! Amazon Prime to Canada took two days to ship a 28 type looseleaf sampler of Tea Forte teas to me. Hopefully I can get through them quickly. I’ve been admiring their teas for a very long time, but couldn’t justify their extravagant packaging/markups and shipping cost. Well, I found it on Amazon.ca and decided to order it. Now I have 28 of their blends to try. They call them “single steeps”, but I only used half the package for my pot. It is filled with little dried blueberries and smells divine. I mean straight blueberry juice. I’m quite surprised how realistic it is considering this isn’t a top of the line tea company.

Brew is light amber pink. I can taste the blueberry and sage, but somehow the sage isn’t making it savoury. Lots of hibiscus/rose hip (will try the other half of my pouch iced), flavour is mostly juicy cranberry, fruity, very realistic blueberry, sage, and both sweet and sour.

This is one of the most unique blends I have ever tried, and I’m super impressed on the intensity of the fresh blueberry flavour. Everything goes together really well, but I don’t drink tarter fruit blends very often. I’ll probably purchuse this if I ever buy from Tea Forte in the future because I am quite enjoying my pot of tea.

Flavors: Berry, Blueberry, Cranberry, Fruity, Hibiscus, Rosehips, Sage, Sweet, Sweet Potatoes, Tart

Preparation

Boiling 1 min, 45 sec

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I am a biochem major hoping for a career in research genetics and evolutionary biology. I love science fiction and spend too much of my time reading comic books. I’m a passionate keeper of spiders, cacti, and exotic plants. I eat a vegan, plant-based diet for moral and environmental reasons (I mention this only because it is relevant to which flavoured teas I drink).

I drink mostly flavoured and low caffeine teas/tisanes, but I will try anything twice. As far as pure teas go, I gravitate towards whites, yellows, and jade oolongs. I’m always open for trades and sample sales/exchanges. Message me any time :)

My cupboard is mostly up to date. For a more comprehensive list, see my stash spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-HjWKR3um-xEnj6HC9vMvKXOAyj_bpW5u_2ixEC20-k/edit?usp=sharing
Most of these are only tiny samples/I can’t always spare any, but feel free to ask.

Favourite flavours/ingredients:
Rum/alcohol, clove, cardamom, rosemary, pine, sage, anise, moss/Earthy, lychee, floral, creamy, malt, hay, rice/grain, toasty, desserty, cocoa/chocolate, decaf or no caffeine, very unusual flavours

Favourite tea types
Decaf teas (any variety)/no caf tisanes like honeybush and rooibos, fruit blends without hibiscus, yellow, jade oolong, white, Darjeeling blacks, Longjing

Least favourite flavours/ingredients:
Acidic/sour/tart, melon, grapefruit, bitter, astringent, smokey, green apple, sickly sweet (too much chicory, cinnamon, or licorice root), yerba mate, turmeric, mushroom/fungus, vegetal and savoury

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Animal products: [confectioners glaze, gelatine, milk-based natural flavours, white choc chips, caramel bits, etc]
St. John’s wort (herb)
Stevia